Packing box for clothing



J, T. BATTs 1,836,433

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Patented Dec. 15,y 1931 JOHN THOMAS VJBA'IusQr PASADENA, CALIFORNIA PACKING Box Eon. CLOTHING Application led August 19, 1929. Serial No. 386,773.

This invention relates to` apacking and shipping box for clothing.l

The present invention is directed to a flight weight, very strong and practical box i I, structure in which clothingfmay be packed and shipped, the clothing being` suspended from garment hangers and the hangers automatically `locked against ,disengagementV from the suspending bar onl-which they are 1H located when the top lofthe box is attached in place.

It is an objectand purpose of the present invention to provide av box of the'character upright and carry Vthe clothing therein in proper hanging position. A further Object of the invention is to provide the box with a y object of the invention is to provide simpleA gmeans for preventing the garment hanger.y c". hooks from becoming disengagedfrom their `supporting bar. Still other'objects of the invention are to provide the box at the front with a novel supporting yoke for the gar-l W-ment hanging bar whilel garments are being :is -loaded intothe box, the weight of the garments on the yoke being relieved on applying the front cover to the box, and to form c the box so that when it is completely closed `-ior' shipment, there will be no inner ob- :sa `structions `or projections at the inside of the V box` which will in any way engage or interc tere with garmentsI or be liable to injure them. c i

. ,Anunderstandingofthe inventionV for the yui `attainment of the ends stated, aswell as many others not at this time specifically enumerated, maybe had from the following description taken in connection with the ac- .f `comparrying drawings, in which,

the topfand front removed, said-parts being shown separately in perspective, and illus- Vtrlating the manner in which the-garments arepackedp v Y j Fig.`2 isa perspective view, reduced in being removed. --istated wherein thebox is so oonstructedthat 1:. it must be necessarily placed soas tostand Fig. l is a perspectlve view of the box with y size showing vthe completely enclosed boX ready for shipment. c y

Fig. Sis a Vi'ragmentary vertical section centrally at the front endofthe structureA shown in Fig. l, with the top and front removed; 3, I f i Y Fig. 4 is a like section at the upper end and fromv front to rear of the completely enclosed box illustrated in Fig.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary transverse vertical 60 f section therethrough. Y

. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view, the top Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged frontelevation ofthe upper part ofthe completely enclosed shippingbox, and

Fig. 8 is av fragmentary detailfin perspective illustrative of a removable loading yoke which may be used at the front ofthe box during the process of packing the garments within the box, said yoke .beingpremoved when the front isattached. i Y Fig.4 9 is a perspective view of the box with the front and top removed and a divi` sion board positioned'and fastened therein. 75

` Fig, lO'is aV vertical section through Fig. 9,v F Fig. ll is a longitudinal section through +ig.`9.` *y .f

Y Like' reference characters refer tolike parts in the diiierent figures of the drawings.` 80v Y open trame having two vertical sides 4, a bote tom 5v andan upper horizontal member 6,'thel upper edges of which are yinclined upwardly toward each other from-the outer ends7 as indicated at 6a, therebeinga shallow groove or recess 7 made midway between the ends of 95 `the members 6 at the upper sides .thereof wherethe edges 6a would come to a point,

The back and the front are both completed Y c l by 'asheetS of paper board :or like material which is of rectangular shapeto cover the mil 'l PATENT Vol-FicE V back and front frames entirely at the inner l'.upp er flange sides thereof with the exception of the upper triangular portion formed by the inclined upper edges of the upper horizontal member. The bottom likewise includes a rectangular frame having side bars 9 and front and rear bars 10 connected together and covered at its upper side with a sheet 11 of paper board or equivalent material.

The two sides, bottom and back are permanently secured together in Vany desired manner as by nails or other equivalent fastenings, the front and the top being left open.. A' loading yoke, in the form of construction shown in Fig. 1, is permanently secured' at the upper end and at the front side of the box. This yoke is a metal bar including two sides 12 in the same vertical plane which are integrally connected at their inner ends and incline upwardly toward each other so that vtheirupper edges lie in the same planes as the upper edges 6a of the member G of theback frame'. YThis loading yoke at each end is formed with a rearwardly bent foot 13 which passes along the inner-sides of the box and is permanently securedthereto. The loading yoke at its upper edge andmidway between its ends is likewise formed with a shallow recess similar in all respects to the recess 7 previously described. 'Y

A garment hanger bar T-shaped in cross section, having an upper horizontalflange 14; and a downwardly extending vertical flange 15 is disposed between the back of the box and the loading yoke 12, the ends ofthe vertical" flange 15 being Vcut away so that said Vflange may pass freely between the front side of the rear frame and the rear side of the yoke while the projecting end portions ofthe horizontal 14 are received within the recesses 7. Said recesses are of somewhat greater' depth thanthe' thickness of the fla-nge 14, the purpose of which will hereafter appear. The hooks 16 of the garment hangers on which the garments are hung may begreadily placed over the Supporting bar described, the hooks being shaped, as best shown in Fig. 5, to lie Hat at their upper portions against the upperl side of thehorizontal flange 14' of the bar. Y

The box may be filled with a pluralityof'A garments placed on the' hangers, as shown in Figs'. 1I and 4,`after which the front `of the box may be applied. The recess at the top ofV the front cover is shallower than that in the loading yoke so thatythe front cover relieves the'yoke from supporting the front end ofthe garment hanger bar. VJAlfter the front has been secured in place, the top is attached.

The top includes a` central horizontal'bar 17 material ,is permanently secured, the, same 65.-extendin`g downwardly and' outwardlyy from.:

6 of the front and back ofthe box when the top is applied to the box. It is evident that thetop may be'very quickly secured in= place by nails driven through said' bars and also through the top member 18 into the' upper members of theback frame and front frame. InV Fig. 8 a different form of construction with. respect' to. the loading yoke is shown. The downwardly inclined sections 12 of the loading" yoke at each end are formed with rearwardly7 turned feet 21 to pass at therouter sides ofthe side frames and with rearwardly turned horizontal lips 22 t'o come against the upper edges of said frames at the front. The loading `yoke yis, readily removable after the garment vhangers carrying the gar-y ments arehung on the garment supportingy Iln Figs. 9, 1'Oand 11 a simple means for supporting the weight'` ofl the clothes suspendedlfrom the bar Misprovidedwhereby, particularly inthe larger sizes of boxes or shipping cases, a reinforcement is provided fromV the box and the garment hanging bar andy with' it f locatingV and placing the vgarments inthebox or case is facilitated and, if desired`,the box or case may be used for shipping less vthan the vfull capacity thereof.

For this purposev a supporting division boardmay 'be used. It comprises a frameV having vertical sides-20, a lower horizontal cross bar 21"and an upper cross bar 22 which is shaped at its upper edges to conform with the substantially peakedV upper end of theshipping box or case and over this frame a sheet 23 of paper board or equivalent ma terialii's placed and secured. The upper part' of the upper bar 22, Vmidway between'its `ends, is provided with a notchA or recess-24 for the passage ofthe garment supporting lbar'described; l'The dimensions of'the division boardare such that itl is readily vreceived'within-the shipping; case between the verticalhsides thereof and between the top and bottom, and it may beflocatedat' 'any thereof. f f v. v y

This division board may be 'usedwiththe case iny various ways. The shippingbox may desired positionbetween the front and backrk 4o r its bottom withL the clothing properly susbe placed with the back thereof located iat on the floor and the garments carried on the garment hangers placed one over the other in the case until the case is half filled.

- The division board may then be located in the box or case and secured vat its upper end by nails driven through the upper members 2 of the sides of the box or case into the ends of the part 22, as shown in Fig. 9, while a cleat, as indicated at 25, may beV placed above what will be the lower end of the division board and secured in place in any suitable manner. The remaining portion of the box l or case may then be filled with garments on transit.

the hangers and the front attached without using the supporting yoke l2;` or after the division board is in place the box may be turned to its normal position, the supporting yoke 12 applied in place and the garments to fill the front portions of the box or case suspended on the hangers 16 from the bar 14.

The division board described adds considerable strength and reinforcement to the structure, particularly in the Vlarger sizes. It also has the effect of a Vfollower board should it be desired to use Vthe case withoutV completely filling it with the garments. The division board may be located at any position between the front and back of the box and secured in place and the box or case may be filled half full with garments, or twothirds full or any other fractiony of its entire capacity. f The construction described is light, strong and fully capable of withstanding the usage to which it is put in shipping quantities of garments therein from one point to another. The shape of the top is such that said box cannot be placed to stand on the top and it will necessarily be positioned to stand on pended. The ends of the vertical flange 15 abutting against the inner sides of the back and front of the box serve to hold the garment hanger bar against longitudinal move-4 the scope thereof.

I claim: l. A construction of the class described l comprising spaced apart vertical. sides, a

horizontal bottom and a vertical back secured together, said back at its upper edge andl substantiallyniidway between. its upper sides having 'a recess therein, la yokesupported by and extending between the sides'atf the fronty upper corner thereof, said yoke lat r its upper edge and substantially midway beand a Vsupporting ,bar` having portions at its underside at eachrend cut away so as to pass downwardly betweeiigthe yokeiand back, the A narrower projecting end Vportions of the bar seatingiinlsaid recesses.

' 2,:,A construction .of the class described comprising, vertical sides, .Ya-vertical back Y v7'0v tween its ends `having a like recess therein,v

and'a lhorizontal bottomsecured together, a

supporting yoke detachably coiinected'to and extending between thevfront upper cornersof said sides, a bar-over which the hooks of garment hangers are adaptedto beyplaced lying horizontallybetween the upper end of saidback and'theupper part-of saidyoke anda top lying over and secured tothe upper edges-of said sides and back kand over said bain.; f`

, `AJshipping casecomprising, spaced apart vertical sides, a vertical back and afbottom, a loading yoke detachably connectedto and extending between the front upper corners of Said sides, ajygarment hanger bar lying 4between and supported by said yoke and back, afront for the shipping case adaptedeto close the front thereof and be lo-` cated under the frontend of said garment 'hangerbamwhereby `Saidy yoke may be re-y Y moved and the front take its place for supportingV the garmenthangerV bar, and a Vtop to close-the upper end of the case.

4.A..-,construction of the Aclass, `described comprising, a caseliavi-ng spaced apart verticalsidesa spaced apart verticalfront and back, @horizontal bottom and-a` top, a .sup-v, porting bar carried between and supported at" j its ends by the ,front and back overjwhich bar hooksof garment hangers are adapted to be placed, and adivision lboard located within said case between the front and back andil having a notch at its upper end for the pas` v sage of the garment supporting bar, the lower endl of the division rboard, resting upon the bottom of said case whereby the supportinor bar in the notch is held against downward movement.

5. A construction containing the elements in combination defined in claim 4,.combined with fastening means passing-through the sides of said caseinto the upper portion of attached at the bottom of the case in front of the lower end of the division board for securing said lower end in place upon entrance of the division board into the case after the case has been'partiallyfilled with garments.

` 6. A construction of the class described comprising, spaced apart vertical sides, a: spaced apart vertical front and back, a horizontal.

bottom, a top conforming to the upper edges iid' 126 Y i said division board, and ineansA adapted to be f of the front and back, an inner supporting bar-supported by the frontand back? over which the hooks' of garment hangers are adapted to be placed, and a supporting yoke 5- separate from said fronty supported between said sides: adjacent upper ends and at the frontthereoi and: supportingly engaging said supporting bar.

7. A shipping case comprising, spaced apart '101 vertical sides, la verticalV back and a bottom, removable supporting means spaced fromk the vertical back, a garment hanger bar lying betweenf andi supported by said supporting means and back, a front for the shippingv case adapted to close the front thereofand to supportingly engage the front end' of said garment' hanger bar,- whereby said supporting means'lnay be removed and the front take its place for supporting the garment hanger bar,

anda top to close the upper end of the case 8.` A shipping case of the character described comprising spaced apart vertical sides, a vertical back, a vertical front, a horizontal bottom, a garment hanger'bar' rigidly located at the top edges ofthe front and back,

and a top located over the upper edges'of said sides, front and back wh'erebysaidA top will contact with garment hangers associated with said garment hanger bar. y Y 3" 9'. A shippingcaseA comprising, spaced apart vertical? sides, avertical' back and a bottom,- a yoke independent of the cover and connected toand supported-f by the front sides, a garment hanger bar lying between and supported 1 by'said yoke and'back, a ront'for` the shipping case adapted to'close the front thereof and a top `to close the upper end of the case. f

10i A construction of the class'described comprising, a caselhaving spaced apart verticalf sides, a spaced apart vertical front and ba`cl`r','a horizontal bottom and a? top, a sup-` port/'img-V bar carriedi between'l and supported' at its ends by the front and back over which bar hooks of garment hangers are adapted to' be placed, and' a division board removably located within said case between the front and'back and supportingly engaging the garment supporting bar. 50, Intestilnony whereof I aiix my signature.

J THOMAS BATTS. 

